NGOEI Wen-Qing
Dr. Ngoei Wen-Qing is a historian of foreign policy and international affairs, specialising in U.S.-Southeast Asia relations. His expertise includes the global history of the Cold War, and the study of empire and decolonisation. He received his PhD in History from Northwestern University and completed postdoctoral stints at Northwestern as well as Yale University. His book, Arc of Containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press) traces how British neocolonialism intertwined with Southeast Asian anti-communist nationalism to usher the region from formal colonialism to U.S. hegemony. He has written on the Sino-U.S. rivalry, the domino theory, British neocolonialism, and race and imperialism in Southeast Asia, and his essays appeared in anthologies and journals such as The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War, Diplomatic History, and The American Historical Review. Currently, his research examines the intersections between diplomatic history and culture in Singapore-superpower relations from Cold War to present, analysing high policy alongside film, art, and culture-making in the city-state’s foreign relations. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/wen-qing-ngoei/.
Qualifications
- PhD in History, Northwestern University, USA, 2015
- MA in History, Northwestern University, USA, 2010
- PgD, National Institute of Education, Singapore, 2002
- BA, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2000
Research Interests
- U.S. Foreign Relations History and American Empire
- Decolonisation
- Comparative Colonialism
- Global Cold War
- Race and Diaspora
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
- Making Peace in, and with, a World at War
